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The ongoing construction of an embankment on the Sandhya river in Barishal has sparked outrage among locals who believe the structure will damage the river crucial to their livelihoods.
Locals in Banaripara

The cabinet yesterday approved in principle the draft of “The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (Bari) Act, 2016”' aiming to increase the capacity of the institute alongside streamlining its research

The High Court today ordered owners of 154 tanners based in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area to pay Tk 50,000 per day each in compensation for damaging the environment.
The tanners will have to pay the compensation

India's state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd or BHEL has won a deal to build the much-debated Rampal coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh.
BHEL has turned out as the lowest bidder for the 1,320-megawatt